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L'Academie Du Manege. Grave d'apres le Tableau Original de P.pe Wouvermens de deux pieds six pouces de large sur deux de hauteur; Qui est au Cabinet de Monseigner Le Prince D'Isenghien Marechal De France.
P.pe Wouvermens. Pinx. J. Moyreau Sculp.
A Paris chez Moyreau, Graveur du Roi, rue S.t Jacque, a la Vieille poste, vis-a-vis la rue du Platre. Avec Privilage du Roy. 1742.
Fine etching with engraving, 350 x 460mm (13¾ x 18"), with very large margins on three sides. Some light foxing, mostly localised to the margins. Small bottom margin. Top margin trimmed and repaired with wove paper.
A riding school in a field near a village, with several riders training; one has a hawk on his arm.
[Ref: 63833] £360.00
P.pe Wouvermens. Pinx. J. Moyreau Sculp.
A Paris chez Moyreau, Graveur du Roi, rue S.t Jacque, a la Vieille poste, vis-a-vis la rue du Platre. Avec Privilage du Roy. 1742.
Fine etching with engraving, 350 x 460mm (13¾ x 18"), with very large margins on three sides. Some light foxing, mostly localised to the margins. Small bottom margin. Top margin trimmed and repaired with wove paper.
A riding school in a field near a village, with several riders training; one has a hawk on his arm.
[Ref: 63833] £360.00
La Defaite Des Sarazins. Grave d'apres le Tableau Original de P.pe Wouvermens, de dix sept pouces six lignes de large sur treize pouces de hauter. Qui est au Cabinet de Monsieur Crosat De Tugny President Au Parlement 1745.
P. Wouvermens Pinxit. J. Moyreau Sculpsit.
A Paris chez Moyreau graveur du Roy rue S.t Jacques a la Vieille Poste vis-a vis la rue de Platre. Avec Privilege du Roi..
Etching with engraving, 460 x 660mm (18 x 26"), with very large margins. Paper toned. Some foxing, mostly localised to the margins. Extra margin added at top.
The Saracens defeated: a chaotic battle scene featuring cavalrymen and guns.
[Ref: 63850] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
P. Wouvermens Pinxit. J. Moyreau Sculpsit.
A Paris chez Moyreau graveur du Roy rue S.t Jacques a la Vieille Poste vis-a vis la rue de Platre. Avec Privilege du Roi..
Etching with engraving, 460 x 660mm (18 x 26"), with very large margins. Paper toned. Some foxing, mostly localised to the margins. Extra margin added at top.
The Saracens defeated: a chaotic battle scene featuring cavalrymen and guns.
[Ref: 63850] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Le Mort Du Cerf. The Death Of The Stag. To Philip Earl of Chesterfield, this Print Ingrav'd after a Capital Picture of P. Wouvermans, is humbly Dedicated to his Lordship, by his most Obedient and Dutiful Servant Tho.s Major. [2 feet 8 in: Wide, 1 foot 9½ in: High. In the Collection of Mons.r Aved.]
P. Wouvermens pinxit. A. Lawrence fe. aqua forti. Tho.s Major Sculpsit.
London sold by T. Major Engraver to H.R.H the Price of Wales at the Golden Head in Chandois Street the Lower end of S.t Matins Lane. [Publish's accord.g to Act of Parliament Feb.y y.e 10. 1753]
Etching with engraving, sheet 495 x 660mm (19½ x 26") Trimmed to plate and glued to 18th century backing sheet on one side. Folded. Small crease at top. Small blue stain on dog bottom left.
Hunting party in a landscape, with at centre a man holding a flaying knife standing over a dead stag. Figures on horseback around him, one of whom, a man, is seen blowing his horn, another a lady with a small hawk.
[Ref: 63839] £360.00
P. Wouvermens pinxit. A. Lawrence fe. aqua forti. Tho.s Major Sculpsit.
London sold by T. Major Engraver to H.R.H the Price of Wales at the Golden Head in Chandois Street the Lower end of S.t Matins Lane. [Publish's accord.g to Act of Parliament Feb.y y.e 10. 1753]
Etching with engraving, sheet 495 x 660mm (19½ x 26") Trimmed to plate and glued to 18th century backing sheet on one side. Folded. Small crease at top. Small blue stain on dog bottom left.
Hunting party in a landscape, with at centre a man holding a flaying knife standing over a dead stag. Figures on horseback around him, one of whom, a man, is seen blowing his horn, another a lady with a small hawk.
[Ref: 63839] £360.00
La Fontaine Du Dauphin. Grave d'apres le Tableau de P.pe Wouvermens, de Quinze puce de largeur, Sur Quinze pouce de haui. Qui est au Cabinet de Monsieur Peilhon Secretaire du Roy.
P. Wouvermens. Pinxit. J. Moyreau Sculp.
A Paris ches Moyreau Graveur du Roy, rue des Mathurins la 4.e. Porte Cochere a gauche, en entrant par la rue de la Harpe. 1753 Avec Privilege du Roy.
Etching with engraving, 460 x 660mm (18 x 26"), with very large margins. Some light foxing, mostly localised to the margins.
A rural scene featuring two riders resting next to a fountain decorated with a putto riding a dolphin and blowing a conch. A page prepares a drink while a female rider with a hawk on her arm watches on.
[Ref: 63843] £380.00
P. Wouvermens. Pinxit. J. Moyreau Sculp.
A Paris ches Moyreau Graveur du Roy, rue des Mathurins la 4.e. Porte Cochere a gauche, en entrant par la rue de la Harpe. 1753 Avec Privilege du Roy.
Etching with engraving, 460 x 660mm (18 x 26"), with very large margins. Some light foxing, mostly localised to the margins.
A rural scene featuring two riders resting next to a fountain decorated with a putto riding a dolphin and blowing a conch. A page prepares a drink while a female rider with a hawk on her arm watches on.
[Ref: 63843] £380.00
Grande Chasse A Loiseau, Dedie A Madame La Comtesse De Verrue Veuve De Monsieur Le Comte De Verrue, Marechal des Camps et Armee du Roy Commissaire General de la Cavallerie de France. Le Tableau original de P.Wouvermans qui est au Cabinet de Madame la Comtesse de Verrue, a trois pieds six pouces de large de large sur deux pieds quatre pouces de haut.
P. Wouvermens. Pinxit. J. Moyreau Sculpsit.
a Paris chez Moyreau rue Galande vis a vis la Chapelle de S. Blaise. Par son tres humble et tres obeissant serviteur J. Moyreau 1733.
Fine etching with engraving, 460 x 660mm (18 x 26"), with very large margins. Folded. Some light foxing, mostly localised to the margins.
A very large hawking scene in a rural landscape.
[Ref: 63835] £480.00
P. Wouvermens. Pinxit. J. Moyreau Sculpsit.
a Paris chez Moyreau rue Galande vis a vis la Chapelle de S. Blaise. Par son tres humble et tres obeissant serviteur J. Moyreau 1733.
Fine etching with engraving, 460 x 660mm (18 x 26"), with very large margins. Folded. Some light foxing, mostly localised to the margins.
A very large hawking scene in a rural landscape.
[Ref: 63835] £480.00
Depart pour la chasse au vol. Grave d'apres le Tableau Original de P. Wouvermens qui est au Cabinet de Monsieur Crosat. de 2 pieds 6. pouces de larges, sur 14. pouces 6. lignes de haut.
P. Wouvermens. Pinx. J Moyreau Sculp.
A Paris chez Moyreau rue Gallande vis avis la Chapelle de S.t Blaise. Avec Privilege du Roy. [n.d. c.1733]
Etching with engraving, 350 x 460mm (13¾ x 18"), with very large margins.
Horsemen and their dogs leave a villa to go hawking.
[Ref: 63828] £320.00
P. Wouvermens. Pinx. J Moyreau Sculp.
A Paris chez Moyreau rue Gallande vis avis la Chapelle de S.t Blaise. Avec Privilege du Roy. [n.d. c.1733]
Etching with engraving, 350 x 460mm (13¾ x 18"), with very large margins.
Horsemen and their dogs leave a villa to go hawking.
[Ref: 63828] £320.00
La Grote De L'Abreuvoir, Dedie a Monsieur Crosat Baron de Thiers. le Tableau Original de P.pe Wouvermens qui est dans son Cabinet, a 2. pieds de hauteur sur 19. pouces de largeur. Par son tres humble et Obeissant Serviteur, J. Moyreau, Graveur du Roi.
P. Wouvermens. Pinxit. J. Moyreau Sculp.
A Paris ches Moyreau rue des Mathurins. 1756 Avec Privilege du Roy.
Etching with engraving, 460 x 660mm (18 x 26"), with very large margins. Some light foxing, mostly localised to the margins.
A landscape featuring ruins on the right and a river where men are fishing and bathing on the left, with a hunter on a horse and carrying a hawk on his arm in the middle.
[Ref: 63842] £360.00
P. Wouvermens. Pinxit. J. Moyreau Sculp.
A Paris ches Moyreau rue des Mathurins. 1756 Avec Privilege du Roy.
Etching with engraving, 460 x 660mm (18 x 26"), with very large margins. Some light foxing, mostly localised to the margins.
A landscape featuring ruins on the right and a river where men are fishing and bathing on the left, with a hunter on a horse and carrying a hawk on his arm in the middle.
[Ref: 63842] £360.00
Les Nageurs. Dédié a Messire Françoi de Baussan, Chevalier Seig.r de Blanville, Richgroux, et autr.s Lieux Conseiller du Roi en ses Conseils; M.e des Requetes ord.re deson Hotel Intendant de Justice, Police et Finances, de la Generalite d'Orleans. Grave d'Apres le Tableau Original de dix huit pounces de large sur quatorze de haut. Qui est au Cabinet de M.r Barez.
P. Wouvermens pinx. Beaumont Sculp.
A Paris, chez Basan. [n.d. c.1754]
Etching with engraving. 345 x 450mm (13½ x 17¾"), with very large margins Some light foxing, mostly localised to the margins.
An early swimming image. Riders watering their horses under a rickety footbridge, with swimmers and washerwomen. Engraved by Pierre François Beaumont and originally published by him in 1738 as part of a set of four scenes after after Philips Wouverman. This was published by Francois Basan circa 1754.
See ref: 55417 for a later version.
[Ref: 63844] £360.00
P. Wouvermens pinx. Beaumont Sculp.
A Paris, chez Basan. [n.d. c.1754]
Etching with engraving. 345 x 450mm (13½ x 17¾"), with very large margins Some light foxing, mostly localised to the margins.
An early swimming image. Riders watering their horses under a rickety footbridge, with swimmers and washerwomen. Engraved by Pierre François Beaumont and originally published by him in 1738 as part of a set of four scenes after after Philips Wouverman. This was published by Francois Basan circa 1754.
See ref: 55417 for a later version.
[Ref: 63844] £360.00
L'Hyver. Grave d'apres le Tableau Original de P.pe Wouvermens, de dix huit pouces de large, sur treize pouces de haut, qui est a M.r Gersant.
P. Wouvermens. Pinxit. J. Moyreau Sculp.
A Paris chez Moyreau, Graveur du Roi, Rue Gallande, vis-a vis Saint Blaise. 1739 Avec Privilege du Roy.
Etching with engraving, 460 x 660mm (18 x 26"), with very large margins. Some light foxing, mostly localised to the margins.
A Winter scene; on the right men are felling trees and cutting wood, while people and children are skating and playing golf. An early and mint image of early golf.
[Ref: 63848] £490.00
P. Wouvermens. Pinxit. J. Moyreau Sculp.
A Paris chez Moyreau, Graveur du Roi, Rue Gallande, vis-a vis Saint Blaise. 1739 Avec Privilege du Roy.
Etching with engraving, 460 x 660mm (18 x 26"), with very large margins. Some light foxing, mostly localised to the margins.
A Winter scene; on the right men are felling trees and cutting wood, while people and children are skating and playing golf. An early and mint image of early golf.
[Ref: 63848] £490.00
![[Cecil Wray] The Westminster Mendicant.](jpegs/45049.jpg)
[Cecil Wray] The Westminster Mendicant. Ye Christians, Charitable, good and Civil / Pray something give to this poor wandering Devil / By Men cast out, perhaps, by God forgiven, / Then may one Judas find a road to Heaven.
[Thomas Rowlandson.]
Publ.d 11 [May] 1784 by H. Humphrey No 225 Strand.
Etching. 125 x 155mm (5 x 6").
Sir Cecil Wray (1734-1805), a landowner known for being parsimonious, satirised as a blind beggar in Covent Garden, with a dog identified as John Churchill, the Chairman of his Election Committee. Wray contested the Westminster Election of 1784, in which he tried to oust Charles James Fox: At the close of the poll on 5 May a wag hoisted a poor box, upon a staff bearing this inscription; 'Pray remember Sir Cecil Wray's SCRUTINY'.
BM: 6578.
[Ref: 45049] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[Thomas Rowlandson.]
Publ.d 11 [May] 1784 by H. Humphrey No 225 Strand.
Etching. 125 x 155mm (5 x 6").
Sir Cecil Wray (1734-1805), a landowner known for being parsimonious, satirised as a blind beggar in Covent Garden, with a dog identified as John Churchill, the Chairman of his Election Committee. Wray contested the Westminster Election of 1784, in which he tried to oust Charles James Fox: At the close of the poll on 5 May a wag hoisted a poor box, upon a staff bearing this inscription; 'Pray remember Sir Cecil Wray's SCRUTINY'.
BM: 6578.
[Ref: 45049] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[Cecil Wray] Mars and Venus, or Sir Cecil Chastised.](jpegs/64177.jpg)
[Cecil Wray] Mars and Venus, or Sir Cecil Chastised.
Annibal Scratch Fecit [Samuel Collings?].
Published April 2nd 1784 by Willm Wells N" 132 Fleet Street.
Rare etching. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Folds.
Sir Cecil Wray (1734-1805) stands being berated by a Chelsea Pensioner and a maid-servant. Wray contested the Westminster Election of 1784: his platform included proposals to abolish Chelsea Hospital and to tax maid-servants.
BM: 6491.
[Ref: 64177] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Annibal Scratch Fecit [Samuel Collings?].
Published April 2nd 1784 by Willm Wells N" 132 Fleet Street.
Rare etching. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Folds.
Sir Cecil Wray (1734-1805) stands being berated by a Chelsea Pensioner and a maid-servant. Wray contested the Westminster Election of 1784: his platform included proposals to abolish Chelsea Hospital and to tax maid-servants.
BM: 6491.
[Ref: 64177] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
A Scene of the Wreck of the "Royal Charter". on the Coast of Anglesey near Moelfra, on the Morning of the 26th. Oct 1859, when 500 persons perished.
[n.d. c.1859.]
Very rare Lithograph. 331 x 375mm. 13 x 14¾". Cut.
The Royal Charter Storm of 1859 was considered to be the most severe storms to hit the British Isles in the 19th century, and it took its name from this steam clipper, the Royal Charter. She was returning to Liverpool from Melbourne when the storm reached hurricane force 12, forcing the crew to anchor twice, after the first one snapped, and to cut the masts, but despite all their efforts, the wind pushed her onto a sandbank, but in the morning of the 26th the rising tide drove her on to the rocks at a point just north of Moelfre on the north coast of Anglesey, where she was whipped by winds of over 100mph.
[Ref: 18304] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1859.]
Very rare Lithograph. 331 x 375mm. 13 x 14¾". Cut.
The Royal Charter Storm of 1859 was considered to be the most severe storms to hit the British Isles in the 19th century, and it took its name from this steam clipper, the Royal Charter. She was returning to Liverpool from Melbourne when the storm reached hurricane force 12, forcing the crew to anchor twice, after the first one snapped, and to cut the masts, but despite all their efforts, the wind pushed her onto a sandbank, but in the morning of the 26th the rising tide drove her on to the rocks at a point just north of Moelfre on the north coast of Anglesey, where she was whipped by winds of over 100mph.
[Ref: 18304] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Graf von Wrede. Königlich Bayrischer General der Cavallerie.
Wein, bey Artaria und Comp. [n.d., c.1815.]
Stipple. Plate: 255 x 210mm (10 x 8¼'') very large margins. Mint. Uncut.
A portrait of Bavarian field marshal Karl Philipp von Wrede (1767-1838), he was an ally of Napoleon until the Treaty of Ried where he switched sides and supported the allied forces.
[Ref: 49465] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Wein, bey Artaria und Comp. [n.d., c.1815.]
Stipple. Plate: 255 x 210mm (10 x 8¼'') very large margins. Mint. Uncut.
A portrait of Bavarian field marshal Karl Philipp von Wrede (1767-1838), he was an ally of Napoleon until the Treaty of Ried where he switched sides and supported the allied forces.
[Ref: 49465] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Synopsis Ædificiorum Publicorum Di Christophori Wren Equitis Aur. Archtecti Regii.~ A Catalogue of the Churches of the City of London Royal Palaces, hospitals, and Publick Edifices; Built by Sr. Christopher Wren Kt. Surveyor General of the Royal-Works du
H. Hussbergh Sculp.
Printed for Sam. Harding in St. Martin's Lane, Dan Brown near Temple Bar. & Wm. Bathoe in Church Lane near St. Martin's Church in the Strand.
Engraving. 440 x 435mm (17¼ x 11½"). Trimmed. Horizontal fold across the middle. Bottom edge curling over, slight loss in centre publication line. Hole between the C and the I in Christophori at the top and another slight hole. Some surface dirt.
[Ref: 52820] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
H. Hussbergh Sculp.
Printed for Sam. Harding in St. Martin's Lane, Dan Brown near Temple Bar. & Wm. Bathoe in Church Lane near St. Martin's Church in the Strand.
Engraving. 440 x 435mm (17¼ x 11½"). Trimmed. Horizontal fold across the middle. Bottom edge curling over, slight loss in centre publication line. Hole between the C and the I in Christophori at the top and another slight hole. Some surface dirt.
[Ref: 52820] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Sr. Christopher Wren. Hugh Howard Esquire.
After Sir Godfrey Kneller pinxit. A. Bannerman sculp.
Engraving. Sheet 185 x 130mm (7¼ x 5"). Trimmed to border and laid on album paper. Toning along left and upper edges.
Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723) was a highly acclaimed architect, responsible for reparing many churches across London after the Great Fire of London, including St. Paul's. He was also an anatomist, astronomer and geometer.
[Ref: 53732] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
After Sir Godfrey Kneller pinxit. A. Bannerman sculp.
Engraving. Sheet 185 x 130mm (7¼ x 5"). Trimmed to border and laid on album paper. Toning along left and upper edges.
Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723) was a highly acclaimed architect, responsible for reparing many churches across London after the Great Fire of London, including St. Paul's. He was also an anatomist, astronomer and geometer.
[Ref: 53732] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![Chr. Wren [facsimile signature].](jpegs/59414.jpg)
Chr. Wren [facsimile signature]. Proof.
Engraved by Edw.d Scriven, Historical Engraver to His Majesty [after John Closterman). Printed by McQueen & Co.
London; Published by Priestley & Weale, High Street, Bloomsbury, 1823.
Proof stipple and engraving. Sheet 280 x 205mm (11 x 8"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper at edges.
A half-length portrait of Christopher Wren (1632 - 1723), his St Paul's Cathedral behind, after the oil by Closterman now in the Royal Society. The frontispiece to James Elmes's ''Memoirs of the life and works of Sir Christopher Wren''.
[Ref: 59414] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by Edw.d Scriven, Historical Engraver to His Majesty [after John Closterman). Printed by McQueen & Co.
London; Published by Priestley & Weale, High Street, Bloomsbury, 1823.
Proof stipple and engraving. Sheet 280 x 205mm (11 x 8"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper at edges.
A half-length portrait of Christopher Wren (1632 - 1723), his St Paul's Cathedral behind, after the oil by Closterman now in the Royal Society. The frontispiece to James Elmes's ''Memoirs of the life and works of Sir Christopher Wren''.
[Ref: 59414] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
A Catalogue of the Churches of the City of London; Royal Palaces; Hospitals; and Publick Edifices; Built by S.r Christopher Wren K.t Surveyor General of the Royal Works, during Fifty Years: Viz.t from 1668, to 1718. A List Of the exect Sums of Money laid out for Rebuilding each Church, with References to their Names & Numbers in the Rounds.
H. Hulsbergh Sculp.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving. Sheet 425 x 280mm (16¾ x 11"). Trimmed into image, loss as central fold. Repairs, messy.
A pyramid with roundels listing Wren's works, cross-referenced to tromp-l'oeil scrolls listing the cost (if known). It was the first plate (of 15) in a book with the same title.
See RA Collection 03/2812 for the complete book.
[Ref: 59823] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
H. Hulsbergh Sculp.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving. Sheet 425 x 280mm (16¾ x 11"). Trimmed into image, loss as central fold. Repairs, messy.
A pyramid with roundels listing Wren's works, cross-referenced to tromp-l'oeil scrolls listing the cost (if known). It was the first plate (of 15) in a book with the same title.
See RA Collection 03/2812 for the complete book.
[Ref: 59823] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Christophorus Wren Eques. Ædificiorum Regalium per totam Angliam Præfectus...
G. Kneller S.R. Imp. et Angl. Eques Aur Pinx. 1711. J. Smith Fec.
Sold by J. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russell street Covent Garden
Mezzotint. 340 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate.
A head and shoulders portrait in oval of Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723), architect, mathematician and astronomer, a detail of the 1711 portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller (National Portrait Gallery 113).
CS 283, state ii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69001] £320.00
G. Kneller S.R. Imp. et Angl. Eques Aur Pinx. 1711. J. Smith Fec.
Sold by J. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russell street Covent Garden
Mezzotint. 340 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate.
A head and shoulders portrait in oval of Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723), architect, mathematician and astronomer, a detail of the 1711 portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller (National Portrait Gallery 113).
CS 283, state ii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69001] £320.00
Christopher Wren
G. Kneller Pinx [...] T. Holloway Sculpt
Published as the act directs by T.H. Holloway & the other Proprietors April 25th 1798
Line engraving, platemark 230 x 185mm (9 x 7¼"), with very large margins. Repaired tear along platemark on left.
Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723), architect, mathematician and astronomer best-known as the architect of St Paul's cathedral and the City churches built following the Great Fire of London. Wren was a man of many interests rather than one specialism, who fostered talent wherever he found it (Hawksmoor is the classic example), but left no school of followers. Engraving after a detail of the 1711 portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller (London, National Portrait Gallery), cropped to exclude the plan of St. Paul's Cathedral on which Wren's hand rests in Kneller's portrait. The print was published as a plate to J.C. Lavater's 'Essays on Physiognomy'.
O'D 3
[Ref: 47667] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller Pinx [...] T. Holloway Sculpt
Published as the act directs by T.H. Holloway & the other Proprietors April 25th 1798
Line engraving, platemark 230 x 185mm (9 x 7¼"), with very large margins. Repaired tear along platemark on left.
Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723), architect, mathematician and astronomer best-known as the architect of St Paul's cathedral and the City churches built following the Great Fire of London. Wren was a man of many interests rather than one specialism, who fostered talent wherever he found it (Hawksmoor is the classic example), but left no school of followers. Engraving after a detail of the 1711 portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller (London, National Portrait Gallery), cropped to exclude the plan of St. Paul's Cathedral on which Wren's hand rests in Kneller's portrait. The print was published as a plate to J.C. Lavater's 'Essays on Physiognomy'.
O'D 3
[Ref: 47667] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Christopher Wren, D.D. Dean of Windsor.
G. Vander Gucht Sculp.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving, 235 x 160mm (9¼ x 6¼").
Christopher Wren (1589 - 1658), Dean of Windsor; oval portrait, arms below. He wears a skull-cap and robes of the Garter; Latin motto 'Virtuti Fortuna Comes' to pedestal. By Gerard Van der Gucht (1695 or 1696 - 1776), for 'Parentalia; or, Memoirs of the Family of the Wrens; viz. of Mathew Bishop of Ely, Christopher Dean of Windsor, etc., but chiefly of Sir C. Wren..' by Christopher Wren, son of architect Sir Christopher Wren.
[Ref: 15261] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
G. Vander Gucht Sculp.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving, 235 x 160mm (9¼ x 6¼").
Christopher Wren (1589 - 1658), Dean of Windsor; oval portrait, arms below. He wears a skull-cap and robes of the Garter; Latin motto 'Virtuti Fortuna Comes' to pedestal. By Gerard Van der Gucht (1695 or 1696 - 1776), for 'Parentalia; or, Memoirs of the Family of the Wrens; viz. of Mathew Bishop of Ely, Christopher Dean of Windsor, etc., but chiefly of Sir C. Wren..' by Christopher Wren, son of architect Sir Christopher Wren.
[Ref: 15261] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Christopher Wren Esq.r. The Compiler of "Parentalia" And Eldest son of Sir Chr: Wren Kn.t.
J. Faber fecit 1750.
Very rare mezzotint. Sheet 280 x 175mm (11 x 7"). Trimmed within plate. Damaged.
A half-length portrait on oval of Christopher Wren (1675-1747), MP for Windsor 1713-5. His collection of documents about his father (the architect) was published as the 'Parentalia' by his own son Stephen, with this portrait as the frontispiece.
CS 395. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67342] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
J. Faber fecit 1750.
Very rare mezzotint. Sheet 280 x 175mm (11 x 7"). Trimmed within plate. Damaged.
A half-length portrait on oval of Christopher Wren (1675-1747), MP for Windsor 1713-5. His collection of documents about his father (the architect) was published as the 'Parentalia' by his own son Stephen, with this portrait as the frontispiece.
CS 395. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67342] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Christopher Wren Esq.r. The Compiler of And Eldest son of Sir Chr: Wren Kn.t.
J. Faber fecit 1750.
Rare Mezzotint. 280 x 180mm (11 x 7"). Narrow margins.
A half-length portrait on oval of Christopher Wren (1675-1747), MP for Windsor 1713-5. His collection of documents about his father (the architect) was published as the 'Parentalia' by his own son Stephen, with this portrait as the frontispiece.
CS 395. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67343] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
J. Faber fecit 1750.
Rare Mezzotint. 280 x 180mm (11 x 7"). Narrow margins.
A half-length portrait on oval of Christopher Wren (1675-1747), MP for Windsor 1713-5. His collection of documents about his father (the architect) was published as the 'Parentalia' by his own son Stephen, with this portrait as the frontispiece.
CS 395. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67343] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Sr Benjamin Wrench Kt. M.D. Aged 82 Ao 1747, Having practisd Physick in the City of Norwich Sixty Years.
[Anon., c.1750.]
Mezzotint, 250 x 180mm. 9¾ x 7". Horizontal creasing. Lower left margin corner missing.
Sir Benjamin Wrench (1665/66 - 1747), physician in Norwich; his daughter married Harbord Harbord, MP for Norfolk. A very scarce portrait.
[Ref: 12443] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon., c.1750.]
Mezzotint, 250 x 180mm. 9¾ x 7". Horizontal creasing. Lower left margin corner missing.
Sir Benjamin Wrench (1665/66 - 1747), physician in Norwich; his daughter married Harbord Harbord, MP for Norfolk. A very scarce portrait.
[Ref: 12443] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Wrestler & Automaton. Tom Tom Player.
A. Freschi sculpsit.
[London: John Stockdale, 1812.]
Stipple and line engraving, with original hand colour. Sheet 175 x 100mm (7 x 4"). Trimmed, laid on album paper.
Rare automaton image. From Jean Baptiste Joseph Breton De La Martinière's four-volume ''China: Its Costume, Arts, Manufactures, &c. Edited Principally from the Originals in the Cabinet of the late M. Bertin: With Observations Explanatory, Historical, and Literary''.
Abbey Travel 536.
[Ref: 53251] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
A. Freschi sculpsit.
[London: John Stockdale, 1812.]
Stipple and line engraving, with original hand colour. Sheet 175 x 100mm (7 x 4"). Trimmed, laid on album paper.
Rare automaton image. From Jean Baptiste Joseph Breton De La Martinière's four-volume ''China: Its Costume, Arts, Manufactures, &c. Edited Principally from the Originals in the Cabinet of the late M. Bertin: With Observations Explanatory, Historical, and Literary''.
Abbey Travel 536.
[Ref: 53251] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
![[Wrestlers] Letteurs Suisses.](jpegs/61399.jpg)
[Wrestlers] Letteurs Suisses.
D'apres le modèle d'Abart. Grave par F. Hegi.
à Basle dhez Birman & Fils [n.d., c.1830].
Aquatint. Sheet 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, creasing at top.
A pair of wrestlers grabbing each other's pants. The wrestlers are drawn from a sculpture by South Tyrolean Franz Abart (1769-1863).
[Ref: 61399] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
D'apres le modèle d'Abart. Grave par F. Hegi.
à Basle dhez Birman & Fils [n.d., c.1830].
Aquatint. Sheet 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, creasing at top.
A pair of wrestlers grabbing each other's pants. The wrestlers are drawn from a sculpture by South Tyrolean Franz Abart (1769-1863).
[Ref: 61399] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Boxing] Page 21.](jpegs/34758.jpg)
[Boxing] Page 21.
A. Walker del. et sculp.
[n.d. c.1750.]
Engraving and etching. 159 x 101mm (6¼ x 4"). Trimmed.
Village scene, with two semi nude men wrestling in the midst of a crowd who gathered in a circle, two musicians up on a tree to the left; illustration to 'Hobbinol'.
[Ref: 34758] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
A. Walker del. et sculp.
[n.d. c.1750.]
Engraving and etching. 159 x 101mm (6¼ x 4"). Trimmed.
Village scene, with two semi nude men wrestling in the midst of a crowd who gathered in a circle, two musicians up on a tree to the left; illustration to 'Hobbinol'.
[Ref: 34758] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Wrestlers at Yokuhama.
from Nature by Peters. Lith. of Sarony & Co. New York.
[n.d. c.1854.]
Tinted lithograph. 217 x 292mm. 8½ x 11½".
On 8th March 1854, Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry (1794-1858) returned to continue the Opening of Japan to the west, which concluded with the Convention of Kanagawa on 31 March, 1854. This being his second visit saw the opening of Shimoda and Hakodate to foreign vessels. Perry’s landing in Yokohama on March 8 inspired a crowded scene of troops on parade before a horizon prickled with the masts of the black ships, as well as a solemn rendering of the commodore greeting the Japanese commissioners. Formal occasions-the presentation of American gifts, a banquet on Perry’s flagship, and a performance of sumo wrestling-were duly recorded.
Ex Collection Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 18459] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
from Nature by Peters. Lith. of Sarony & Co. New York.
[n.d. c.1854.]
Tinted lithograph. 217 x 292mm. 8½ x 11½".
On 8th March 1854, Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry (1794-1858) returned to continue the Opening of Japan to the west, which concluded with the Convention of Kanagawa on 31 March, 1854. This being his second visit saw the opening of Shimoda and Hakodate to foreign vessels. Perry’s landing in Yokohama on March 8 inspired a crowded scene of troops on parade before a horizon prickled with the masts of the black ships, as well as a solemn rendering of the commodore greeting the Japanese commissioners. Formal occasions-the presentation of American gifts, a banquet on Perry’s flagship, and a performance of sumo wrestling-were duly recorded.
Ex Collection Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 18459] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![Histoire Du Bonhomme Misere. [The Story of the Wretched Man.]](jpegs/13255.jpg)
Histoire Du Bonhomme Misere. [The Story of the Wretched Man.] Avec Six Eaux = Fortes Par A. Legros.
Londres: R. Geraut, Editeur. 1877.
Book, folio (430 x 305mm, 17 x 12"), two titlepages, three leaves of introductory text and six mounted etchings, each plate preceded by a leaf with title and quotation, plus 15 pp. Number 25 of 60 signed artist's presentation copies on Whatman paper. Original vellum covered boards, letterpress title in black and red to cover; in original presentation portfolio with cloth spine and paper covered boards, printed with woodcut vignette title. Portfolio rubbed, scuffed and soiled; wear to top and bottom of spine. Staining and soiling to vellum cover; interior and plates generally good.
The atmospheric, sombre and, in one case, macabre plates are based upon an old French fable. Scenes include old men begging outside a church; a frugal candle-lit supper; and 'La Mort dans la Poirer': Death (a skeleton) calling the peasant from the pear tree. Ink annotation to front endpaper to a subscriber (Warwick?), signed by Legros and publisher Gueraut, dated 1879. Alphonse Legros (1837 - 1911) was an etcher, lithographer and painter of landscape, genre and historical subjects and medallist. Born in Dijon, France, in 1851 he moved to Paris, where he worked as scene-painter, studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, and exhibited at the Salon. Legros moved to London in 1863 with the advice of James Abbott McNeill Whistler, and a few years later was appointed teacher of etching at the South Kensington School of Art. In 1876 he became Slade Professor at University College London, succeeding Sir Edward John Poynter; he was a founder member of the Royal Society of Painter Etcher and Engravers.
National Art Library General Collection: 67.E.27.
[Ref: 13255] £650.00 view all images for this item
Londres: R. Geraut, Editeur. 1877.
Book, folio (430 x 305mm, 17 x 12"), two titlepages, three leaves of introductory text and six mounted etchings, each plate preceded by a leaf with title and quotation, plus 15 pp. Number 25 of 60 signed artist's presentation copies on Whatman paper. Original vellum covered boards, letterpress title in black and red to cover; in original presentation portfolio with cloth spine and paper covered boards, printed with woodcut vignette title. Portfolio rubbed, scuffed and soiled; wear to top and bottom of spine. Staining and soiling to vellum cover; interior and plates generally good.
The atmospheric, sombre and, in one case, macabre plates are based upon an old French fable. Scenes include old men begging outside a church; a frugal candle-lit supper; and 'La Mort dans la Poirer': Death (a skeleton) calling the peasant from the pear tree. Ink annotation to front endpaper to a subscriber (Warwick?), signed by Legros and publisher Gueraut, dated 1879. Alphonse Legros (1837 - 1911) was an etcher, lithographer and painter of landscape, genre and historical subjects and medallist. Born in Dijon, France, in 1851 he moved to Paris, where he worked as scene-painter, studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, and exhibited at the Salon. Legros moved to London in 1863 with the advice of James Abbott McNeill Whistler, and a few years later was appointed teacher of etching at the South Kensington School of Art. In 1876 he became Slade Professor at University College London, succeeding Sir Edward John Poynter; he was a founder member of the Royal Society of Painter Etcher and Engravers.
National Art Library General Collection: 67.E.27.
[Ref: 13255] £650.00 view all images for this item
The Wretched Slaves in the West Indies.
[n.d. c.1880.]
Lithograph. 151 x 115mm. 6 x 4½". Very cut down.
A group of slaves sit around eating and dancing.
[Ref: 15476] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1880.]
Lithograph. 151 x 115mm. 6 x 4½". Very cut down.
A group of slaves sit around eating and dancing.
[Ref: 15476] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
The North-East View of Wrexham Church, in the County of Denbigh. To the Hon:ble Sr. Watkin Williams Wynn Bar:t This Plate is with all possible respect, humbly Dedicated by his most Obedient Servant. John Boydell. [77 in ink]
J. Boydell Delin & Sculp. 1748.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament & Sold by J. Boydell, at the Globe near Durham Yard in the Strand. & by Tho.s Payne Bookseller at Wrexham. Price 1s.
Engraving, paper watermarked with very large margins. Plate 420 x 520mm (16½ x 20½") Centre fold, slight staining.
A view of St Giles' Church, Wrexham, Wales, with several figures in foreground. Elihu Yale, founder of Yale University, is buried in the churchyard. From "A Collection of One Hundred Views In England and Wales". John Boydell's 'Collection of Views' was made after he turned from engraver to print publisher in 1767. The first collection was issued in 1770, and included some plates by printmakers other than himself.
[Ref: 29403] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
J. Boydell Delin & Sculp. 1748.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament & Sold by J. Boydell, at the Globe near Durham Yard in the Strand. & by Tho.s Payne Bookseller at Wrexham. Price 1s.
Engraving, paper watermarked with very large margins. Plate 420 x 520mm (16½ x 20½") Centre fold, slight staining.
A view of St Giles' Church, Wrexham, Wales, with several figures in foreground. Elihu Yale, founder of Yale University, is buried in the churchyard. From "A Collection of One Hundred Views In England and Wales". John Boydell's 'Collection of Views' was made after he turned from engraver to print publisher in 1767. The first collection was issued in 1770, and included some plates by printmakers other than himself.
[Ref: 29403] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Wright Parker, Church Steeple and Mill Chimney Repairer in all their Branches. Chimneys Straightened and Pointed with Mastic. Manufacturer & Erector of Copper-Rope & Tape Lightning Conductors. Regent Street, Oldham.
[Anon, n.d., c.1862.]
Rare Steeplejack's illustrated promotional brochure/leaflet, letterpress with woodcut vignettes, single sheet folded; small 4to (250 x 185mm, 9¾ x 7¼"). Stamped and addressed in ink to 'Mr Alfred Towgood Helpstone Northamptonshire'. Vertical and horizontal folds; chipped, no text missing.
Impressive graphic advertisement showing the extensive range of services offered by a Lancashire-based steeplejack, with testimonials from West Middlesex Waterworks Company.
Provenance: from a scrap album compiled c.1840 - 1880 by Alfred Towgood of Riverside, a paper mill owner at St. Neots, Huntingdon. He was also a Lieutenant in the Duke of Manchester's Light Horse.
[Ref: 16806] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
[Anon, n.d., c.1862.]
Rare Steeplejack's illustrated promotional brochure/leaflet, letterpress with woodcut vignettes, single sheet folded; small 4to (250 x 185mm, 9¾ x 7¼"). Stamped and addressed in ink to 'Mr Alfred Towgood Helpstone Northamptonshire'. Vertical and horizontal folds; chipped, no text missing.
Impressive graphic advertisement showing the extensive range of services offered by a Lancashire-based steeplejack, with testimonials from West Middlesex Waterworks Company.
Provenance: from a scrap album compiled c.1840 - 1880 by Alfred Towgood of Riverside, a paper mill owner at St. Neots, Huntingdon. He was also a Lieutenant in the Duke of Manchester's Light Horse.
[Ref: 16806] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
![[Advertising Directory] Wright's Hotel and Ship Inn, Dovor, Adjoining the Custom House, and immediately opposite the Alien-Office.](jpegs/11093.jpg)
[Advertising Directory] Wright's Hotel and Ship Inn, Dovor, Adjoining the Custom House, and immediately opposite the Alien-Office.
[n.d., c.1832.]
1 sheet folded to make 4pp. of adverts, each page 280 x 230mm, 11½ x 9", with wood engraving on front. Some slight creasing.
The Ship Hotel, Dover, known as 'Wright's Hotel and Ship Inn' between 1805 to 1833.
[Ref: 11093] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1832.]
1 sheet folded to make 4pp. of adverts, each page 280 x 230mm, 11½ x 9", with wood engraving on front. Some slight creasing.
The Ship Hotel, Dover, known as 'Wright's Hotel and Ship Inn' between 1805 to 1833.
[Ref: 11093] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Etched Work of F.L. Griggs R.A., R.E., F.S.A.
by Harold J.L. Wright with a Catalogue by Campbell Dodgson C.B.E., Hon. R.E.
Publication Number Twenty. The Print Collectors' Club 26 Conduit Street, London, W.I. MCMXLI [1941].
Book: 8vo (242 x 183mm). pp. 80, including 16 b/w illustrations. Limited edition 10/400. Cloth binding with Print Collectors' Club emblem stamped on front binding in gilt, and title along spine. Binding worn and scuffed. Some light spotting in first few title pages.
Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs, RA, RE (30 October 1876 - 7 June 1938) was a distinguished English etcher, architectural draughtsman, illustrator, and early conservationist, associated with the late flowering of the Arts and Crafts movement in the Cotswolds. He was one of the first etchers to be elected to full membership of the Royal Academy.
[Ref: 10331] £120.00
by Harold J.L. Wright with a Catalogue by Campbell Dodgson C.B.E., Hon. R.E.
Publication Number Twenty. The Print Collectors' Club 26 Conduit Street, London, W.I. MCMXLI [1941].
Book: 8vo (242 x 183mm). pp. 80, including 16 b/w illustrations. Limited edition 10/400. Cloth binding with Print Collectors' Club emblem stamped on front binding in gilt, and title along spine. Binding worn and scuffed. Some light spotting in first few title pages.
Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs, RA, RE (30 October 1876 - 7 June 1938) was a distinguished English etcher, architectural draughtsman, illustrator, and early conservationist, associated with the late flowering of the Arts and Crafts movement in the Cotswolds. He was one of the first etchers to be elected to full membership of the Royal Academy.
[Ref: 10331] £120.00
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734- 1797.
par Judy Egerton
Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris 1990
Book: 4to, colour illustrated wrappers, profusely illustrated, mainly in colour, pp.200
French text catalogue for a 1990 international exhibtion of Joseph Wright's work.
Ex Collection of Judy Egerton, author and former curator at the Tate Britain.
[Ref: 59756] £45.00
par Judy Egerton
Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris 1990
Book: 4to, colour illustrated wrappers, profusely illustrated, mainly in colour, pp.200
French text catalogue for a 1990 international exhibtion of Joseph Wright's work.
Ex Collection of Judy Egerton, author and former curator at the Tate Britain.
[Ref: 59756] £45.00
Joseph Wright Esq.r. From a Picture painted by himself in the possession of James Cade Esq.r.
Engraved by Ja.s Ward Painter and Engraver to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales.
London. Published by Mess.rs Colnaghi & Co. Cockspur Street, Charing Cross. Feb.y 1 1807.
Mezzotint. 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"), large margins. Margins scraped.
Self-portrait of artist Joseph Wright (1734-97).
Frankau:82, iii/CS:36, .iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68331] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by Ja.s Ward Painter and Engraver to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales.
London. Published by Mess.rs Colnaghi & Co. Cockspur Street, Charing Cross. Feb.y 1 1807.
Mezzotint. 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"), large margins. Margins scraped.
Self-portrait of artist Joseph Wright (1734-97).
Frankau:82, iii/CS:36, .iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68331] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Joseph Wright of Derby in Liverpool.
Elizabeth E. Barker and Alex Kidson, with contributions by Martin Hopkinson, Jane Longmore and Sarah Parsons.
Published by Yale University Press, 2007.
Book: 4to with dark blue cloth covers, colour illustrated dustjacket. profusely illustrated, pp.216.
Catalogue for a Joseph Wright of Derby exhibition held in Liverpool and the Yale Centre for British Art, including Martin Hopkinson's essay 'Printmaking and Print Collectors in the North West, 1760-1800'.
Ex Collection of Judy Egerton, author and former curator at the Tate Britain.
[Ref: 27333] £45.00
Elizabeth E. Barker and Alex Kidson, with contributions by Martin Hopkinson, Jane Longmore and Sarah Parsons.
Published by Yale University Press, 2007.
Book: 4to with dark blue cloth covers, colour illustrated dustjacket. profusely illustrated, pp.216.
Catalogue for a Joseph Wright of Derby exhibition held in Liverpool and the Yale Centre for British Art, including Martin Hopkinson's essay 'Printmaking and Print Collectors in the North West, 1760-1800'.
Ex Collection of Judy Egerton, author and former curator at the Tate Britain.
[Ref: 27333] £45.00
Wright of Derby. Mr & Mrs Coltman. Acquisition in Focus.
Exhibition organised and booklet written by Allan Braham.
The National Gallery, London. 5 February - 27 April 1986. Booklet sponsored by National Westminster Bank.
Book: 8vo [229 x 166mm, 9 x 6½"], illustrated, pp.20.
A catalogue linked to the arrival of 'Mr and Mrs Coltman' to the National Gallery, London. It was the second work of Joseph Wright to be acquired by the National Gallery. Other paintings were borrowed to make a small exhibition.
Ex Collection of Judy Egerton, author and former curator at the Tate Britain.
[Ref: 27341] £45.00
Exhibition organised and booklet written by Allan Braham.
The National Gallery, London. 5 February - 27 April 1986. Booklet sponsored by National Westminster Bank.
Book: 8vo [229 x 166mm, 9 x 6½"], illustrated, pp.20.
A catalogue linked to the arrival of 'Mr and Mrs Coltman' to the National Gallery, London. It was the second work of Joseph Wright to be acquired by the National Gallery. Other paintings were borrowed to make a small exhibition.
Ex Collection of Judy Egerton, author and former curator at the Tate Britain.
[Ref: 27341] £45.00
Wright of Derby.
Judy Egerton.
Tate Gallery. Copyright 1990 The Tate Gallery All rights reserved.
Book: 4to [292 x 241mm, 11½ x 9½"] with turquoise cloth covers and title in gilt along spine, colour illustrated dustjacket. Profusely illustrated, pp.294.
A catalogue of works exhibited at the Tate Gallery with explanatory chapters on: Joseph Wright and the Lunar Society, the engraving and publication of prints of Joseph Wright's paintings by Tim Clayton, his techniques of paintings and Wright's picture frames. A reference book on Prints after Wright by Tim Clayton.
Ex Collection of Judy Egerton, author and former curator at the Tate Britain.
[Ref: 27345] £70.00
Judy Egerton.
Tate Gallery. Copyright 1990 The Tate Gallery All rights reserved.
Book: 4to [292 x 241mm, 11½ x 9½"] with turquoise cloth covers and title in gilt along spine, colour illustrated dustjacket. Profusely illustrated, pp.294.
A catalogue of works exhibited at the Tate Gallery with explanatory chapters on: Joseph Wright and the Lunar Society, the engraving and publication of prints of Joseph Wright's paintings by Tim Clayton, his techniques of paintings and Wright's picture frames. A reference book on Prints after Wright by Tim Clayton.
Ex Collection of Judy Egerton, author and former curator at the Tate Britain.
[Ref: 27345] £70.00
Joseph Wright of Derby.
Copyright 1968 Benedict Nicolson.
First Published in Great Britain 1968 by The Paul Mellon Foundation for British Art, 38 Bury Street, Lodnon, S.W.1 in association with Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., Broadway house, Carter Lane, London, E.C.4.
Book: 4to, two volumes [323 x 260mm, 12¾ x 10¼"] with green cloth covers with title in gilt along spine, colour printed dustjackets; illustrated. pp.545.
Two volume biographical and interpretative study, which attempts to present Wright in every aspect. It records what is known about his life, affords a critical commentary on his painting; describes his friends and associates, and provides a catalogue of the surviving paintings. Nicolson's work is highly regarded and considered to be very important.
Ex Collection of Judy Egerton, author and former curator at the Tate Britain.
[Ref: 27349] £95.00
Copyright 1968 Benedict Nicolson.
First Published in Great Britain 1968 by The Paul Mellon Foundation for British Art, 38 Bury Street, Lodnon, S.W.1 in association with Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., Broadway house, Carter Lane, London, E.C.4.
Book: 4to, two volumes [323 x 260mm, 12¾ x 10¼"] with green cloth covers with title in gilt along spine, colour printed dustjackets; illustrated. pp.545.
Two volume biographical and interpretative study, which attempts to present Wright in every aspect. It records what is known about his life, affords a critical commentary on his painting; describes his friends and associates, and provides a catalogue of the surviving paintings. Nicolson's work is highly regarded and considered to be very important.
Ex Collection of Judy Egerton, author and former curator at the Tate Britain.
[Ref: 27349] £95.00
Joseph Wright of Derby.
Copyright 1968 Benedict Nicolson.
First Published in Great Britain 1968 by The Paul Mellon Foundation for British Art, 38 Bury Street, Lodnon, S.W.1 in association with Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., Broadway house, Carter Lane, London, E.C.4.
Book: 4to, two volumes [323 x 260mm, 12¾ x 10¼"] with green cloth covers with title in gilt along spine; illustrated. pp.545. Spine broken on volume I; no dustjackets, spine rubbed and worn.
Two volume biographical and interpretative study, which attempts to present Wright in every aspect. It records what is known about his life, affords a critical commentary on his painting; describes his friends and associates, and provides a catalogue of the surviving paintings. Nicolson's work is highly regarded and considered to be very important.
Ex Collection of Judy Egerton, author and former curator at the Tate Britain.
[Ref: 27350] £95.00
Copyright 1968 Benedict Nicolson.
First Published in Great Britain 1968 by The Paul Mellon Foundation for British Art, 38 Bury Street, Lodnon, S.W.1 in association with Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., Broadway house, Carter Lane, London, E.C.4.
Book: 4to, two volumes [323 x 260mm, 12¾ x 10¼"] with green cloth covers with title in gilt along spine; illustrated. pp.545. Spine broken on volume I; no dustjackets, spine rubbed and worn.
Two volume biographical and interpretative study, which attempts to present Wright in every aspect. It records what is known about his life, affords a critical commentary on his painting; describes his friends and associates, and provides a catalogue of the surviving paintings. Nicolson's work is highly regarded and considered to be very important.
Ex Collection of Judy Egerton, author and former curator at the Tate Britain.
[Ref: 27350] £95.00
The Great Artists 65. Their lives, works and inspiration. Wright of Derby.
A Marshall Cavendish Weekly Collection.
Marshall Cavendish Ltd, 1986. Published by Marshall Cavendish Partworks Lts, 58 Old Compton Street, London W1V 5PA, England.
Book: Quarto. Illustrated and printed in colour. pp.31.
A biographical volume detailing the artist's life and his work; illustrated throughout. A chapter also focuses on the Industrial Revolution, as a backdrop to Wright and the time he was most prominent, and how he was influenced.
Ex Collection of Judy Egerton, author and former curator at the Tate Britain.
[Ref: 28071] £35.00
A Marshall Cavendish Weekly Collection.
Marshall Cavendish Ltd, 1986. Published by Marshall Cavendish Partworks Lts, 58 Old Compton Street, London W1V 5PA, England.
Book: Quarto. Illustrated and printed in colour. pp.31.
A biographical volume detailing the artist's life and his work; illustrated throughout. A chapter also focuses on the Industrial Revolution, as a backdrop to Wright and the time he was most prominent, and how he was influenced.
Ex Collection of Judy Egerton, author and former curator at the Tate Britain.
[Ref: 28071] £35.00
Realism through Informality. The Conversation Piece in Eighteenth Century Britain and a collection of works by Joseph Wright of Derby.
Leger Galleries, Bond Street, 1983.
Book: Octavo. Colour illustrated wrappers with 24 colour illustrations.
Catalogue for a 1983 exhibition including works by Reynolds and Gainsborough amongst other, with a separate section dedicated to Joseph Wright.
Ex Collection of Judy Egerton, author and former curator at the Tate Britain.
[Ref: 28070] £50.00
Leger Galleries, Bond Street, 1983.
Book: Octavo. Colour illustrated wrappers with 24 colour illustrations.
Catalogue for a 1983 exhibition including works by Reynolds and Gainsborough amongst other, with a separate section dedicated to Joseph Wright.
Ex Collection of Judy Egerton, author and former curator at the Tate Britain.
[Ref: 28070] £50.00
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734- 1797.
Jane Wallis.
Published by Derby Museum & Art Gallery on the occasion of the Bicentenary Exhibition at Derby Art Gallery 28 June-28 September 1997.
Book: Quarto. pp.120.. Colour illustrated wrappers, profusely illustrated.
Catalogue from the Derby Art Gallery's 1997 Joseph Wright of Derby exhibition, including catalogue of Wright's drawings in the Derby collection.
Ex Collection of Judy Egerton, author and former curator at the Tate Britain.
[Ref: 28072] £45.00
Jane Wallis.
Published by Derby Museum & Art Gallery on the occasion of the Bicentenary Exhibition at Derby Art Gallery 28 June-28 September 1997.
Book: Quarto. pp.120.. Colour illustrated wrappers, profusely illustrated.
Catalogue from the Derby Art Gallery's 1997 Joseph Wright of Derby exhibition, including catalogue of Wright's drawings in the Derby collection.
Ex Collection of Judy Egerton, author and former curator at the Tate Britain.
[Ref: 28072] £45.00
Joseph Wright Esq.r. From a Picture painted by himself in the possession of James Cade Esq.r.
Engraved by Ja.s Ward Painter and Engraver to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales.
London. Published by Mess.rs Colnaghi & Co. Cockspur Street, Charing Cross. Feb.y 1 1807.
Fine mezzotint. 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"), 18th century watermark, very large margins. Margins messy.
Self-portrait of artist Joseph Wright (1734-97).
Frankau:82, iii/CS:36, .iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68330] £420.00
Engraved by Ja.s Ward Painter and Engraver to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales.
London. Published by Mess.rs Colnaghi & Co. Cockspur Street, Charing Cross. Feb.y 1 1807.
Fine mezzotint. 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"), 18th century watermark, very large margins. Margins messy.
Self-portrait of artist Joseph Wright (1734-97).
Frankau:82, iii/CS:36, .iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68330] £420.00
Madam Wright.
John Vanderbank pinx.t 1729. J. Faber Fec.t
Mezzotint, sheet 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed inside platemark; glued to backing sheet; repair top left.
Portrait of an unidentified sitter, after John Vanderbank (1694-1739), painter and draughtsman whose sitters included Sir Isaac Newton, the sculptor John Michael Rysbrac, and the poet James Thomson.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; O'D 1 (only likeness); CS 396. For Vanderbank's portraits of Newton and Rysbrac see refs. 33218 and 27207.
[Ref: 36692] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
John Vanderbank pinx.t 1729. J. Faber Fec.t
Mezzotint, sheet 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed inside platemark; glued to backing sheet; repair top left.
Portrait of an unidentified sitter, after John Vanderbank (1694-1739), painter and draughtsman whose sitters included Sir Isaac Newton, the sculptor John Michael Rysbrac, and the poet James Thomson.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; O'D 1 (only likeness); CS 396. For Vanderbank's portraits of Newton and Rysbrac see refs. 33218 and 27207.
[Ref: 36692] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
S.r. Sampson Wright. K.n.t.
Leney direx.t.
Line engraving. Sheet: 95 x 130mm, (3¾ x 5"). Trimmed.
Half-length portrait in oval of Sir Sampson Wright, a London magistrate who served as Chief Magistrate between 1780 and 1797.
[Ref: 34495] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Leney direx.t.
Line engraving. Sheet: 95 x 130mm, (3¾ x 5"). Trimmed.
Half-length portrait in oval of Sir Sampson Wright, a London magistrate who served as Chief Magistrate between 1780 and 1797.
[Ref: 34495] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Thomas Wright. Phil. Nat. Nat. Et. Mat. Prof.
Gent. Mag. Jany. 1793. Pl. I. [top of sheet, illegible]
Engraving, 200 x 115mm (8 x 4½"). Trimmed to image; laid on backing sheet.
Thomas Wright (1711 - 1786), astronomer, instrument maker and landscape gardener. Wright's 'Clavis pannautici' (1734) described the pannauticon, a paper instrument dedicated to George II. His 'Clavis coelestis' (1742) was an enormous engraved diagram of the heavens and theories of their arrangement. He is most famous, however, for 'An Original Theory of the Universe' (1750), embellished with spectacular engravings and fragments of poetry, which ponders why we see the Milky Way as we do. When the work of William Hershel led to acceptance of the galaxy's spiral shape, Wright's 'grindstone' theory was seen as a precursor. Wright also designed gardens (in a style similar to William Kent), published books on architecture ('Universal Architecture', 1755-8) and the antiquities of Co. Louth ('Louthiana', 1748), and designed buildings. With vignette of 'The Astronomical Cylinder or Sun Dial' below portrait. Published in the 'Gentleman's Magazine' of 1793, probably to accompany the posthumous publication of Wright's description of his house in Byers Green, County Durham (which was demolished in 1967).
BM: pg.550, 2. W. 3239-3.
[Ref: 35271] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Gent. Mag. Jany. 1793. Pl. I. [top of sheet, illegible]
Engraving, 200 x 115mm (8 x 4½"). Trimmed to image; laid on backing sheet.
Thomas Wright (1711 - 1786), astronomer, instrument maker and landscape gardener. Wright's 'Clavis pannautici' (1734) described the pannauticon, a paper instrument dedicated to George II. His 'Clavis coelestis' (1742) was an enormous engraved diagram of the heavens and theories of their arrangement. He is most famous, however, for 'An Original Theory of the Universe' (1750), embellished with spectacular engravings and fragments of poetry, which ponders why we see the Milky Way as we do. When the work of William Hershel led to acceptance of the galaxy's spiral shape, Wright's 'grindstone' theory was seen as a precursor. Wright also designed gardens (in a style similar to William Kent), published books on architecture ('Universal Architecture', 1755-8) and the antiquities of Co. Louth ('Louthiana', 1748), and designed buildings. With vignette of 'The Astronomical Cylinder or Sun Dial' below portrait. Published in the 'Gentleman's Magazine' of 1793, probably to accompany the posthumous publication of Wright's description of his house in Byers Green, County Durham (which was demolished in 1967).
BM: pg.550, 2. W. 3239-3.
[Ref: 35271] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Mrs. Wrighten.
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs March 1st 1780 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), a good impression, uncut.
Mary Ann Wrighten (later Pownall) (1751-96), singer and actress. Born in Hoxton, London in 1751, she married the actor James Wrighten in 1769 and was enaged by David Garrick for his Drury Lane Theatre in 1770. She was a leading singer at the theatre for the next sixteen years, and was also a favourite performer at Vauxhall Gardens. Wrighten had six children with only brief respites from the stage in between, and was seriously ill in both 1784 and 1786. In December 1786 her marriage broke down and she left her husband and children and abandoned the theatre, and went to live in Southwark with Hugh Pownall, a manufacturer of sulphuric acid. As a result her father cut her out of his will. The couple moved to America where they married, and the now Mrs Pownall sang to much acclaim in Philadelphia, New York, Boston and Charleston (some considered her the best vocalist heard in America up to that point). James Wrighten having died in the meantime, her daughters joined her in America where they performed alongisde her. Mary Ann died in Charleston. From a set of small mezzotint portraits of actresses and singers, published by the printseller William Richardson in 1780, apparently to follow up a similar set of actor portraits published the previous year. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area; sitter holding manuscript.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection, and collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii.
[Ref: 36684] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs March 1st 1780 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), a good impression, uncut.
Mary Ann Wrighten (later Pownall) (1751-96), singer and actress. Born in Hoxton, London in 1751, she married the actor James Wrighten in 1769 and was enaged by David Garrick for his Drury Lane Theatre in 1770. She was a leading singer at the theatre for the next sixteen years, and was also a favourite performer at Vauxhall Gardens. Wrighten had six children with only brief respites from the stage in between, and was seriously ill in both 1784 and 1786. In December 1786 her marriage broke down and she left her husband and children and abandoned the theatre, and went to live in Southwark with Hugh Pownall, a manufacturer of sulphuric acid. As a result her father cut her out of his will. The couple moved to America where they married, and the now Mrs Pownall sang to much acclaim in Philadelphia, New York, Boston and Charleston (some considered her the best vocalist heard in America up to that point). James Wrighten having died in the meantime, her daughters joined her in America where they performed alongisde her. Mary Ann died in Charleston. From a set of small mezzotint portraits of actresses and singers, published by the printseller William Richardson in 1780, apparently to follow up a similar set of actor portraits published the previous year. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area; sitter holding manuscript.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection, and collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii.
[Ref: 36684] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[Mrs. Wrighten]
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs March 1st 1780 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Mezzotint, good impression. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), with very large margins. Slight mount paper tone.
Mary Ann Wrighten (later Pownall) (1751-96), singer and actress. Born in Hoxton, London in 1751, she married the actor James Wrighten in 1769 and was enaged by David Garrick for his Drury Lane Theatre in 1770. She was a leading singer at the theatre for the next sixteen years, and was also a favourite performer at Vauxhall Gardens. Wrighten had six children with only brief respites from the stage in between, and was seriously ill in both 1784 and 1786. In December 1786 her marriage broke down and she left her husband and children and abandoned the theatre, and went to live in Southwark with Hugh Pownall, a manufacturer of sulphuric acid. As a result her father cut her out of his will. The couple moved to America where they married, and the now Mrs Pownall sang to much acclaim in Philadelphia, New York, Boston and Charleston (some considered her the best vocalist heard in America up to that point). James Wrighten having died in the meantime, her daughters joined her in America where they performed alongisde her. Mary Ann died in Charleston. From a set of small mezzotint portraits of actresses and singers, published by the printseller William Richardson in 1780, apparently to follow up a similar set of actor portraits published the previous year. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area; sitter holding manuscript.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 ii/iii.
[Ref: 36685] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs March 1st 1780 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Mezzotint, good impression. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), with very large margins. Slight mount paper tone.
Mary Ann Wrighten (later Pownall) (1751-96), singer and actress. Born in Hoxton, London in 1751, she married the actor James Wrighten in 1769 and was enaged by David Garrick for his Drury Lane Theatre in 1770. She was a leading singer at the theatre for the next sixteen years, and was also a favourite performer at Vauxhall Gardens. Wrighten had six children with only brief respites from the stage in between, and was seriously ill in both 1784 and 1786. In December 1786 her marriage broke down and she left her husband and children and abandoned the theatre, and went to live in Southwark with Hugh Pownall, a manufacturer of sulphuric acid. As a result her father cut her out of his will. The couple moved to America where they married, and the now Mrs Pownall sang to much acclaim in Philadelphia, New York, Boston and Charleston (some considered her the best vocalist heard in America up to that point). James Wrighten having died in the meantime, her daughters joined her in America where they performed alongisde her. Mary Ann died in Charleston. From a set of small mezzotint portraits of actresses and singers, published by the printseller William Richardson in 1780, apparently to follow up a similar set of actor portraits published the previous year. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area; sitter holding manuscript.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 ii/iii.
[Ref: 36685] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Birth place of John Locke. Wrington Somerset. Original Drawings for Dugdales' England & Wales.
[Thomas Hosmer Shepherd]
[n.d., c.1838.]
Colour wash sketch. Sheet 135 x 190mm (5¼ x 7½"). ''Original Drawings for Dugdales' England & Wales'' written in red ink mss. Mounted on album paper at corners.
The cottage birthplace of philosopher John Locke (1632-1704). This is the original sketch for the engraving published in ''Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated'', by Thomas Dugdale, published by John Tallis in parts from 1838.
[Ref: 60256] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
[Thomas Hosmer Shepherd]
[n.d., c.1838.]
Colour wash sketch. Sheet 135 x 190mm (5¼ x 7½"). ''Original Drawings for Dugdales' England & Wales'' written in red ink mss. Mounted on album paper at corners.
The cottage birthplace of philosopher John Locke (1632-1704). This is the original sketch for the engraving published in ''Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated'', by Thomas Dugdale, published by John Tallis in parts from 1838.
[Ref: 60256] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)